Episode Notes

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday with questions carefully chosen to help you collect stories in the oral tradition or spark your own writing. Either way, you’ll say, “Thanks for the memories.”

Hello to you in Hancock, New Hampshire!

Walking along Honeymoon Bay Road with my cell phone playing the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s up came a song I’d not heard in years: I Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty. [Click here for the official music video.]

The song took me back to 1989: the year I got married against my better intuition, when others said I just had cold feet, I’d been free too long and besides, everything was in place.

I did know the right thing to do; but I went through with the wedding anyway. Chalk it up to a strong teaching. What did I learn? Today, “I know what’s right / I got just one life / In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around / I’ll stand my ground / I won’t back down.”

Here’s your prompt: When have you backed down because someone or something was pushing you around? Now that you know how to stand your ground, write that story!

Lyrics off Full Moon Fever (April 24, 1989).

“Well, I won’t back down

No, I won’t back down

You can stand me up at the gates of hell

But I won’t back down

No, I’ll stand my ground

Won’t be turned around

And I’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down

Gonna stand my ground

And I won’t back down

(I won’t back down)

Hey, baby, there ain’t no easy way out

(I won’t back down)

Hey, I will stand my ground

And I won’t back down

Well I know what’s right

I got just one life

In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around

But I’ll stand my ground

And I won’t back down

(I won’t back down)

Hey, baby, there ain’t no easy way out

(I won’t back down)

Hey, I will stand my ground

And I won’t back down

Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out

(I won’t back down)

Hey, I won’t back down

(I won’t back down)

Hey, baby, there ain’t no easy way out

(I won’t back down)

Hey, I will stand my ground

And I won’t back down

No, I won’t back down”

Practical Tip: The magic of stories is also in the sharing. If you wish share your story with someone or something.   All that matters is you have a story.

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Music: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music

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